From 4b21290e204d02dd39f6ac404ba923d546f40925 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wilfried Goesgens Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:33:06 +0100 Subject: ExternalProject: Clarify documented role of `INSTALL_COMMAND` It is for the install step of the external project and does not affect installation of the calling project. --- Modules/ExternalProject.cmake | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake b/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake index 458c114..325fbc3 100644 --- a/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake +++ b/Modules/ExternalProject.cmake @@ -176,7 +176,11 @@ Create custom targets to build projects in external trees ``INSTALL_DIR `` Installation prefix ``INSTALL_COMMAND ...`` - Command to drive install after build + Command to drive installation of the external project after it has been + built. This only happens at the *build* time of the calling project. + In order to install files from the external project alongside the + locally-built files, a separate local :command:`install` call must be + added to pick the files up from one of the external project trees. Test step options are: -- cgit v0.12